, 1887-05-12
Spokane Falls Review,
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ON The TURF.
The Great Kentucky Derby Mt
Louisville.
A Vast Crowd Out to See the
Sport.
Montrose Wins the Race, Time
1889 IA.
The Great Kentucky Derby at
Louisville.
A Vast Crowd Out to See the
Sport.
Nontr0se Wins the Race, Time
1889 ii.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

LOUISVILLE, May 1.-The bay colt
Aontrose, son OF Duke of Montrose,
dam Patti, wins ike great Kentucky
Derby. It was not great race, but it
was q pretty one. The time, :394
makes poor comparison with Ben
Ali's last year, when the latter lowered
the Derby record to 2 1864 after a mag
nificent contest, but it is not bad. The
weather in the morning looked little
threatening, and at 2 o'clock slight
shower fell. 1t lasted only few
minutes though, and did not affect the
the track in the least. Long before
the first drop fell streams of vehicles
and street cars packed and crammed
had filed Churchill Downs with an inn
mense throng, second in numbers
only to the memorable gathering at
the Ten Brock -Mollie Mccarthy race.
The field was open to the public, and
it looked like about one-half OF the
big commonwealth of Kentucky had
been dumped down there. In the
grand stand the gay costumes Of the
ladies at the north end, and the flut-
tering of their fans afforded contrast
To the mass of humans packed togeth-
! or like sardines all over the other avail
able space. There must have been
10000 people present. General Rob-
insop, of Lexington, Col. Green, of st.
Louis, and Col. M. Lewis Clark were
the Judges. The horses got of in the
first race without trouble. 1t was for
the maiden two year olds and there
we're seven starters. Cast Steel won
in the fast time of 1 031 distance FIVE
eights OF mile.
The second race, mile and quarter,
was won handily by Montana Regent
in ;1l4. The crowd grew nervous wait
ing for the big event of the day and
there was " murmur OF applause
when Cal Clark rang the bell for the
Derby. Jim Gore was the first out Of
the paddock. He galloped by the
stand slowly and was greeted with
cheers. His forefeet were wrapped
With flannel and he appeared stiff.
Pendennis came next. The dark
brown Californian looked well and
attracted much attention. When
Banburg appeared, however, he was
greeted with loud cheers, showing
where most of the money was. He
looked fit and his hackers were con-
fident. Friends of Pendennis were
also quite enthusiastic. Lucky Bald
win had said before the race he was q
better horse than Goliah and that
was conclusive enough TO many
who got within range OF the circulation
of the statement. Out OF the original
l19 entries there were only seven
: started. These were: Banburg, who
was ridden by Blaylock; Jacobin
Lewis Pendennis, Murphy; Jim
Gore, Fitzpatrick, and Ban Yam, God.
frey. Post odds were Z TO 5 against
Banburg, 4 to Jacobin, 15 to Clsr.
ion, Is to l Montrose, 8 to Pendennis
3 TO 1 Jim Cove, to Ban Yam
The distance WAS one mile and half
They started out of the chute and
Billy Cheatham, OF Marshville, who
sent them off, had only to drop his
flag once in vain. The second time
after breathless silence, "They arc
off," went up simultaneously from
thousands of throats in the grand
stand. Jacobin led off, followed closely
by Ban Yam and Montrose, with the
rest in bunch. AS they swervet
into the stretch Ban Yam leaped
w WIZ Ahchtt uAOioiOoo
good second and Jacobin third. Down
the stretch the whole OF them CLOSED
up beautifully, Montrose keeping wei
to the front all the time. AS they
came down past the grand stand {
great shout rose, as they flew by in thu
order named, Montrose, Jacobin, Ban
burg, Ban Yam, Jim Gore, Pendenni
and Clarion. Jim Gore seemed to b,
taking things easy, maintaining hi
position to the post quarter, wher
Montrose still led, Ban Yam, anothe
son OF King Ban, third. Pendenni
was sixth and Jacobin had droppet
back to the last place. At the end O
the mile the positions were not ma
terially changed. Jim Gore seemed h
falter but gathered himself up an,
moved up 70 third place at the three